The Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Joe Anokye delivered the 12th R.P. Baffour Memorial Lecture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.
The lectures, established in honor of the first Ghanaian Vice Chancellor of KNUST, is being delivered under the broad theme, “KNUST After 70: A New Age for A Renewed Focus In An Era of Disruptive Technologies”.
In the first of three lectures, Mr. Anokye, a Geodetic Engineer and an alumnus of KNUST spoke under the the sub-theme, “KNUST, a history of remarkable growth in science and technology education, resilience and adaptability in the digital space”.
Mr. Anokye recounted the establishment of KNUST and the various high points since its establishment to add up to the advancement of education and Ghana’s science and technology space. He acknowledged the role of KNUST in that regard while singling out alumni such as Kofi Annan, Professor Francis Allotey, Dr. Thomas Mensah, Ibrahim Mahama, the Tamale-born artist, and various past Vice Chancellors for the introduction of various programmes that have placed KNUST on the world academic map.
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